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Government proposes changes to make it easier for borrowers to obtain loan
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The government has announced reforms to facilitate an increased flow of credit to households and businesses.
A key change will...
It’s National Buy Aussie Day: October 1st
Australians will be asked to STOP .. and SHOP AUSTRALIAN in our first ‘National Buy Aussie Day’ to be held next week on Thursday October 1st
The retail...
A computer can guess more than 100,000,000,000 passwords per second. Still think yours is...
By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University and Brianna O'Shea, Edith Cowan University
Passwords have been used for thousands of years as a means of identifying...
The Facebook prime minister: how Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand’s most successful political influencer
By Sommer Kapitan, Auckland University of Technology
“Kia ora, everyone. I’m standing against a blank wall in my house – because it’s the only view...
4 out of 5 international students are still in Australia – how we treat...
By Angela Lehmann, Australian National University and Aasha Sriram, University of Melbourne
COVID-19 has not stopped international education. As of August 24, 524,000 international students...
This video shows just how easily COVID-19 could spread when people sing together
By C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, UNSW; Charitha de Silva, UNSW; Con Doolan, UNSW; Prateek Bahl, UNSW, and Shovon Bhattacharjee, UNSW
Production of...
Unemployment support will be slashed by $300 this week. This won’t help people find...
By Bruce Bradbury, UNSW and Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
This week, support for unemployed Australians will be dramatically reduced.
In...
Who suffers most from Melbourne’s extended lockdown? Hint: they are not necessarily particularly vocal
By Peter Robertson, University of Western Australia
Businesses are protesting vociferously about Victoria’s extended lockdown. It’s “gut-wrenching,” “devastating,” a “trainwreck,” a “death knell”.
Yet businesses and...
Can the government, or my employer, force me to get a COVID-19 vaccine under...
By Maria O'Sullivan, Monash University
Prime Minister Scott Morrison took many people by surprise last month when he said a COVID-19 vaccine would be “as...
‘Garbage’ and ‘cash cows’: temporary migrants describe anguish of exclusion and racism during COVID-19
By Bassina Farbenblum, UNSW and Laurie Berg, University of Technology Sydney
In early April, Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent a clear message to temporary visa...